Profanity Can Sometimes Be the Best Medicine, Increasing Pain Tolerance by ~33%
www.psychiatrist.com
Swearing can reduce pain by triggering a physiological response, serving as a distraction, and providing emotional and social benefits.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tyrion2024 on 2025-03-11 01:41:19+00:00.

Original Title: TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the brain at once, it’s more effective than almost anything else at distracting from pain and discomfort.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      30 days ago

      I know this is just a joke, but you should be dressed for the weather outside/have extra clothes and blankets in the car. Just in case your heat dies in the car, you run out of gas, get stranded/stuck.

      • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        30 days ago

        Solid advice.

        I was dressed accordingly, always had like 3+ layers not counting negative temperature rated down coat, boots, scarf, gloves etc it just still sucked that it was cold and icy lol.